I don't really have the time to answer properly, so I'll be concise, but I'm fully open to arguing !

On Thordan : Yes, he was misguided, but well... The WoL didn't try to discuss with him once he knew the truth, he just went and fight, like Thordan himself... And the only solution we viewed to that problem was killing him. So he may have been an extremist, but we were as well... Additionnally, Thordan was in direct contact with Ascians all along but wasn't corrupted, meanwhile Thancred was possessed really easily... So Thordan's will and heart were most pure than Thancred's, than a Scion's and that's not nothing...

On Niddhog : Yes, Niddhog was a really bad guy. That's why Thordan wanted to kill him. Because the true villain was Niddhog (and his crew). So yeah, of course Thordan wanted power, I never said he didn't... I said he didn't want the power for himself, but to protect Ishgard.

On the wars : As far as we know, Thordan was the strongest primal (Bahamut may be stronger, we Just don't really know... In terms of figures, Thordan was more powerful than proto-Bahamut, but Bahamut himself...) so he may have wiped the agressive dragons. The others being too tired to fight back, it would have solved the problem. And the garleans would have been wiped as well, for all we know... Short term solution ? I don't think so. It would have been a long term solution for Ishgard, and Ishgard alone.

On the alliance : Ishgard will mostly not benefit from the alliance. They are stronger than the other city states, so they will help more than they'll be helped, lose men and resources in the process, and end up weaker. Alliances are great, but not for everyone. That's egoism if you want, but Ishgard was better off alone. And yeah, Aymeric wanted to be part of the Alliance since 2.55, that doesn't mean Aymeric was right. And Aymeric had little to no pretention to do so, he was a general, not a king...

On Ascians : Yeah, Ascians have been here for centuries and centuries and we've been here for two years maximum. That doesn't mean we're not the same, Just That we're younger. Still, we have an amount of power impossible for a human and we have Much more impact on the world than humans. We are closer to Ascians than to humans...

On beasttribes : They have been here for centuries and summoned primals for centuries, yet... Well, we weren't there. And the city states survived... They didn't need the WoL. True, primals are stronger than before... When we arrive. We know the Ascians are the origin of That strengthening, but people don't, and You can't expect them to believe you when you say That you're the Nice guy... Maybe you are the one Who gives them strength ?
And yeah, we helped the peace by doing beast tribe quests... After killing the beastmen That didn't agree with us. Look at kobolds. They were a call nation That simply wanted to mine and be alone, the Maelstrom broke their agreement and invaded them, so they summoned Titan, the Maelstrom asked you to kill Titan... So you kill Titan and many kobolds. Because they opposed the ones Who broke the agreement, Who betrayed them. That's an example, there are others saying the opposite, but you can't deny That.

And on democracy : A softer and slower decision process is better when you're at peace, but Ishgard was and is at war. A tyrant is often more useful in these times, because his decisions are quick and more "logical", more capable of achieving victory...

Finally, you are truly the ones That take the argument too seriously x) I'm talking from Thordan's Point of View, to try to understand what he meant. There's no truth, there's only interpretation. What's best from the WoL's point of view was wordt from Thordan's and vice-versa. I try to answer the original question of the thread, that's all x)